Burner structure



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BURNER STRUCTURE Filed July 17, 1942 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENI OR.

` lay/mwa? BURNER STRUCTURE Filed Ju'ly 17, 1942 2 sheetssneet 2l Patented May 8, 1945 t lUNITED STATES PAT-ENT OFFICE l 2,375,412 BURNER STRUCTURE Richard Groetchen, Chicago, -Ill. Application July v17, 1942, seria1N0.451,26s

(o1. 15s-41s) 6 Claims.

This invention relates to burners for a cooker having a` broiling compartment and has as its principal object the provision of a broiler burner structure which will be simple in construction, economical in manufacture and highly eflcient in use.

Another object of my invention is to provide a simple burner structure for a rotary cooker which will form a support for heat radiating ceramics forming a part ofthe burner structure.

A further object of my invention is to provide a burner structure having a uniform heat distribution within a circular area.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a heat radiant element in a burner structure formed to reflect heat downward upon edibles cooker structure shown forms the vbasis of the pending application, `Serial No. 407,748, led by Sidney Dawson on August 21, 1941, andv will only be referred to in so far asv is ynecessary to a full understanding ofthe burner structure of this broiler chamber from the upper part of the housto be broiled and to provide an oxygen passage to the burners from the perimeter thereof to the center.

Other advantages and novel aspects of my invention are found in certain details of construction and will become more vapparent in` the light of the description in view of` the, drawings in which: y n

Fig. lis a vertical sectional view through a rotary cooker showing my new burner structure;

Fig. y2 is a perspective view ofr my new burner structure with certain radiant elements thereof removed;

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan lview of the burner assembly as seen lookingupwardat line 3-3 in Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail View, partly in section, of the fuelgassupply line showing. its connection with the burner;

Fig. `5 is a fragmentary verticalsectional detail showing one radial element vof the'burner structure and its relative position with respect to the rotary food bearing tray of the cooker;

Fig. 6 is a. vertical sectional detail in cross section through one radial element of the burner as` seen along line `i-ii in Fig. 3;

Fig. '7 is an enlarged fragmentary verticalsection through the outer periphery ofthe burner and along a pointmidway between radial elements thereof substantially as shown in Fig. 1 g

ing I0 to provide a preheating chamberor oven Il.

A vertical shaft I8 is suitably arranged` coaxially Within the housinglil on a drivemeans I9 in-A cluding a gear reduction unit 2U driven byanV -electric motor 2|. The upper end of the shaft I8' is centrally supported by a bearing 22 so that the shaft mayy rotate within the housing. There is arranged on the shaft I8 a plurality of friction couplingsl 23 comprisnga cone 24 with a complementary member 25` having any internal cone adapted to bear upon the cone 24 and including radially extending arms which support a grille plate 2E for rotation Within the'housing I0. Two

of suchgrille platesf2ll are disposed withinA the Fig. 8 is a perspective view lookingup at the underside of one radiant element and illustrating the burner frame in phantom; and

9 is an end elevational view of a radiant broiler chamber I5 while a plurality of them are arranged' equidistant fromr each other in the pre# heating chamber I'I,'each of such grilles forming a support for casseroles, one of which is shown at 21 (Fig. 5) and within which is ladapted to be disposed the edible to be cooked.

The burner I6 comprises an annular tubulua ring 28 `having extending inwardly therefrom a plurality of radially disposed fuel conduits 29 each o-f whichhas'its inn'erend sealed as at 30 a substantial distance fromy the center of the ring 28.'

'I'hese-conduits 29 are spaced yequidistant from shaft 33 having driving connection with the mol tor 2 I. The inner ends of the conduits 29 are tied together by an internal ring 34fwhich overlieseach of ther conduits 29 and is spot-welded to the latter to reinforce them. j' f f s v The tubular ring is most economically made byv bending a piece of pipe into ring form7 although g itl isy obvious that a castingin this form will equally serve the purpose. The two open vendsV of lthe ltubular ringare joined by a fitting `35 Which isformed to align withthearc of the ring.,

l This fitting is provided with a pairof laterally l' extending flanges 35 to provide a pair of en- M trances 36' to the tubular ring 2B, which enl trances 'are divided from eachother byacentral web 31 so that fuel gas is directed circumferen'- j' tially around the tubular ring. A fuel feed throat 38 (Fig. 4) is adapted to receive fuel gas from a main supply line 39. The fuel supplyis controlled 1 by a Valve for passage through a Venturi tube 4I into a `mixinglchamber 42 and thence along the throat' 38, the head 43 of which is split to through which fuel gas already mixedy with air will emit for purpose of combustion. These'ports 51 are all formed above the horizontal axis of provide a dividing line for 'the fuel passage wheref by fuel gas is supplied equally to the two en-4 trances 36'. Y The ring 28 is disposed within the y ets 46 carried on the inner wall vof the housing.

The throat 38 is aiiixed to the tting 35,'by: means of a bolt 44 which extends througha bore 45 in the tting and has its ,end threaded .andi screwed into a tapped opening on the head 43.`

The burner structureiscompleted bythe pro-l 1 vision of a heat reflecting Acover 41. This cover ismade up yof a pluralityxof segmental plates 48,` each of which is made out of aceramc such as` refractory cement, reclay or other heat resisting material. ,The elnciency ofthe present burner n housing l0, as seen in Fig. 1, upon inwardly extending brackf one of which ports is directly opposite the outer n edge'of the web 50 (Fig. '1), with others spaced therefrom todirect fuel gas along the contoured side walls of theweb. The ports 51 on the con- I duit 20 are formed closer to each other adjacent lAs willbe noted-in Figs. y2v and 3, the segmentsi y are formed to correspond in` dimension to Ythe; segmental. space provided between each of the radially extending conduits 29, there being oney of such segments placed over each'` such spacel with the abutting edges of the-segments disposedabove the adjacent conduit 29., Referring now to Figs. 5 to 9 inclusive, each plate 48 includes a main body 49 having depending therefrom 'a-cen-l tral web 50. This web 50 has` a cove-iormation`V 5l-which gradually increased in radius from its; inner end I, thatis, the: end nearest'the'centerI of the housing,land'toward its outer end O; and` 'a as seen kinA Figi-9 theunder side of the platelllav with respect tothe-web 5lljat the inner. end I has' the contourpf a parabolic curve having its-long;

t `the ring 28, which spacing is gradually increased 'as they approach the center ofthe housing because the inner ends of the conduits 29 are closer together at the center of the housing asis apparent in Fig. 3, and therefore less llame is re-` quired in the central regionA Tothis end the `ports closest the inner end of the conduits are smallerv in diameter because the length of the tion of the distance to the web 50; It will be noted in the particular burner shown that noy opening 37| and hence none are'shown, e

t l Operation v Upon ignition of the fuel gas emitting from the ports are requiredin the area above4 the ejector ports 51, a flame will be produced as seen infdot` ted lines, Figs. 6 to `8 inclusive; Preliminary to cooking, theseI iiames :must heat' up the broiler chamber l5 tothe desired temperature, prefer- Y ably from 800 tol 850 F.- When the `burneri'is axis disposed to thevertical, which contour gradually flows `into-a parabolic curve having its longi axis disposed to the horizontal Vat the'outer'end of the web 50. The purpose of vthis graduated contour from inner towardl outer end'oftherplate will be more fully. understood when thel operation;

of the burner structure isv explainedhereinaften The plate '48 Vis further provided with'a'quarterl round cove 52 on the lowerside'of litsabutting:- edgev 53 and hasits outer edge Oy recessedl as at' 54, me purpcse of which cove and reeesswiu also become m'ore apparent when the operation fof the burnerv is explained hereinafter. The mid`porf`f downwardly between the adjacent radiallyfex tending 'conduits 29,"the web being recessed as at? 56 l to provide a seat adapted to rest'upon they 56on the internal ring 34,` the arrangement being Stich that' each platecvis pitched with respect.

` tofthel horizontal; from the perimeter of, the .ring

2Q wth an inclination towardthe center ofthe The 'tubular ring 21d-andthe Arac'iially l v cnduits ze are each provided with ports 51I first lit, the flame is the usual'normal spear-like llame which extends lslightly `upwardly` towardA the cove 5| on the plate-4 8. Aspthe heatifrom thesev flames strikes the vwebs 50,'the`se` webs be-r come heated. until they attain a glowing heat such'as is produced by `burning embers of coal. As a' result of this vglowing heat,` the fuel' gas emitting from the ports 51 is rendered combustible lto a greater `vefficiency, the flame'expanding over against the web' 50 with. thev luminous, `envelopeof the flame playingjupon the curvedwall of thegweb. Byreason of such extended flame, the fuel vgas pocket Within theluminous envelope expands by reaching out toward'the glowing webs 50, and wtih additional oxygen supplied lby air rising from the utility chamber as shown in Fig.r l more combustible gases are produced, thus rendering the entire under side of the heat `reflecting cover 41 aglow with a blue flanie.-

-' As before explained, the segmental each are pitched from the inner to outer edges. thus creatinga natural draft in the opposite direction to permit escape' of'fumes .and -heat at-` trough T which extendsfrom the perimeter of theburner toward the opening R,.thus supplying fresh air to the region above eachofthei'adially disposed conduits 29, and assuring yasuicient supply ofA oxygen for eachof the .flames emitting from the' portsv 51 therein..The ports 51on the inner edge of the tubular ring 28 are supplied with fresh air through the by-pass provided by A the recess .54 in the outer edge O of the plates 48h, thus assuring a sulllcient supply of oxygenn to the flame as they increase before explained. l

; The heat ereatedbythecombined-action'of the Y .flame Vand under'V side off the Y heat. reflecting I cover 41 is deflected downwardly as shownby plates r48 the dot-dash arrowed linesiFigJ 6) onto the casserole 21 supported therebeneath. 'l.hus,vthe` foodstuff contained withinthe casserole is broiled by the effect o-f such reflectedheat which penetrates through the food 4iri'thetime it takes the rotary grille 26 to travelapproximately fone revolution. l

It will be noted that the, neat' Created bythe burner I6 is uniformthroughout the radii of the grille by reason of thegraduated volume of flame together with the graduated curvature of the coves on the webs 5D, thus assuringthat the entire object being cooked will be uniformly pene-v Having thus described my invention, what I i claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

l. In a burner structure comprising, in combination, a framework having an annular tubular ring having a plurality of ports formed therein, a plurality of radially'disposed conduits communicating with said tubular ring and having ports formed therein, an internal ring connected to the inner ends of said conduits, a heat deflectl ing plate arranged on said framework, said plate resting upon said annular tubular ring adjacent the outer end and upon said internal ring at the inner end and disposedat an inclination from outer` to inner end to create a natural draft in the direction of said inclination above saidrfrarneu work, and a fuel supply line connected to said annular tubular ring to supplyl fuel gas for emission at said ports y '2r'. In a burner structure comprising, in combination, a burner frame having an annular tu bular ring with a plurality of radially disposed conduits extending inwardly therefrom, said con duits being spaced equidistant from each other to provide intervening segmental spaces, a plu rality of perforations formed in said ring and conduits along the inner marginal edges defining the segmental spaces, an annular bail disposed coaxially with respect to said ring and having v connection with the inner end of each of said conduits, a heat deflecting cover for said burner v frame and comprising a plurality of segmental ceramic plates, said plates having a cove formed at the juncture of their bottom andv abutting edges, said plates being disposed on said burner frame with one plate arranged above each of said segmental spaces, said plates having their outer end resting on said ringkand their inner end disposed on said bail to dispose said plates at an inclination toward the center, the inner ends of said plates providing a restricted central opening above saidburner frame and the cove of abutting edges of said plates disposed above a corresponding conduit and forming an inverted trough from the perimeter to the central opening of said burner structure whereby to create a -being spaced equidistant from each otherto pro# videintervening segmental spaces, a plurality vof i perforations formed in saidr ringand conduits along the inner marginal edges defining the seg-Y` i mental spaces, an annular b'ail disposed coaxially y with respect to said ring and'fhaving connection with the inner end of each of said conduits; a heat deecting cover for said burner frame and com'.-

prising a plurality of segmental heat resisting plates, each of said plates having a depending web along its center, said plates being disposed on said burner frame with one plate arranged above each` of said segmental spaces with said web disposed between said conduits and adapted to reflect heat produced =by a flame emitting from said perforaburner, and a fuel conductor communicating with said'tubular ring to supply fuel gas to said perforations whereby said fuel gas may become ignited to produce a flame.

4. In a 'burner structure comprising, incom-` bination, a burner frame having an annular tubular ring with a plurality of radially disposed conduits extending inwardly therefrom, said conduits being spaced equidistant from each other to provide intervening segmental spaces, a plurality of perforations formed in said ringA and conduits along the inner marginal edges defining the segmental spaces, an annular bail disposed coaxially from the small end of said plate toward the outer end thereof, said `plates being arranged on said burner frame with its web portion disposed between adjacent conduits and adapted to reflect heat produced by the flame of ignited fuel gasv emitting from said perforations, and a fuel supply conductor having communication with said tubular ring to supply fuel gas to said perforations f for combustion into a fi'ame. y 5. In a burner structure'comprising, yin combination, a burner frame having an annular tubunatural draft toward said opening, and a fuel line having communication with said ring to supply fuel gas to saidperforations.

3. In a burner structure comprising, in combination, a burner frame having an annular tubular ring with a plurality of radially disposed conduits extending inwardly. therefrom, said con-v duits being spaced equidistant from each othervto provide intervening segmental spaces, a` plurality v of perforations fonmedin said ring and conduits along the inner marginal edges defining the segmental spaces, an annular bail disposed coaxially with respect to said ring and having connection `with the inner end of each of said conduits, a

ceramic baiile for said burner and comprising a plurality of segmental plates' foreshortened at their inner ends to provide a restricted opening," `each of said plates having a web portion extend# ranged on-said burner frame with its web portion disposed between adjacent conduits and adapted to reflect heat produced by the flame of ignited fuel gas emitting from said perforations, and a lar ringv with a plurality of radially disposed .con`A duits extending inwardly therefrom, said conduits fuel supply conductor having c0mmunicationV with said tubular ring to supply fuel gasv to `said `vvperforatioris vfor combustion into a flame, 'said lcove `formations being disposed above lsaid conduits and providing an air supplytrough from y 6. Aburner unit comprising a supporting structure including a g conduit, yperforated ,conduits leadingffrom. and communicating with said rst- A '2,375,412- V f mentioned conduit, a bail Vsupported on the vouter ends of the perforated conduits,` a heat radiating. unit arranged upon said supporting structure with,

its outer edge portion resting on lsaid.,first-named y conduit and having at its inner edge atnotch adapted to receive said Inaily `and, having portions disposed in the pathof a flame adapted to emit i from said perforated conduits, and a fuel supply conduit communicating vwith# said first-named 10 conduit.

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